I don't understand why the protagonist's family believes the mark is a sinner's mark, but in the neighboring kingdom the mark represents a saint. Why don't they communicate better?
Comment by Martha Elena Brenes Orozco on The Cursed Princess Who Lost Her Place Begins a Joyful Life in Exile!
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@Martha Elena Brenes Orozco
I think it's to do with appearing weak to foreign nations; the kingdom with the super special purification tree every now and then needs a saintess to keep the tree healthy. If another nation is where that saintess is born, they might demand things the tree kingdom can't/won't/doesn't want to give up (say ownership of the tree for example) in return for the saintess.
Simply pointing put the danger of the purification tree's black seeds wouldn't be enough to stop a greedy nation from trying to gain ownership of it, perhaps even trying to turn it into a weapon. In this case, it could be considered a matter of stopping potential tyrants from trying to gain access to the tree.
As for Leticia's family; Leticia was born with a black mark on her body. Much like how moles, freckles and blemishes were considered signs of evil IRL, Leticia's home country believed the mark meant an evil person had been reborn, likely not helped by the fact that the mark on Leticia's body grew which they might have taken as a sign that her evil past life was growing stronger too.